Voting-machine.



No. 837,964, PAT-ENTBD DEC. 11, 190e.

' N. B. Ross & T. HORSTMAN.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED sumo. 1906.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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IN. B. ROSS & T. HORSTMAN.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1o. 1906.

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No. 837,964. PA'TENTED DEC. 11, 1906. N. B. ROSS & T. HORSTMAN.

VOTING MACHINE.

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VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Humo. 1906.

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Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed January 10,1906. Serial No. 295,328.

To @ZZ whom it waa/y concern:

Be it known that we, NAPOLEON B. Ross, a resident ofAmelia, county ofClermont, and Tnnononn HoRs'rMAN, a resident of Cincinnati, county ofHamilton, State of Uhio, citizens of the United States of America, haveinvented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Voting-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object oi' our invention is a votingmachine which may be used eitherto regis.- ter a vote upon a record or for depositing a ballot and whichis so arranged that only one of these actions may he takenl at a time,

in which the mechanism for registering votes I upon oneof a set ofrecords is arranged so that only one vote upon onerecord may beregistered at a time, in which the mechanism for receiving the ballotsis arranged so that only a single ballot may be cast at a time; whichhas eHicient means ior'preventing the manipulation of either the recordor of the ballot mechanism by either the voter or odi- 'cers of theelection; which has a reliable means for locking the register, theballot-box; and the o erative parts after the polls have closed an forinclosing the parts ior storage and shipment, and which has a ready'meansv another election. l

The invention will be described-tiret in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similarreference-letters wherever they occur through.-

ior setting up the machine for use .again at out the various views, andthen will be pointl'ed out s leciiicall-y in the claims. 7

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of'avoting-machine, showingy our invention -with the booth ready to receivethe voter Fig. 2 isy a "similar, view of the same, but Showing the rodswhich'suportthe curtains removed from the ballot- Fox and showing thepost-board inconnection. Fig. 3 isa view similar to Fig. 2., butshowingthe `parts in the position they occupy afterthe recordingmechanism has been housed within the ballot-box as it is at the close ofan election. Fig. i is a transverse vertical sectional view oi Vtheoperative mechanism in its normal position, the section of the operativearts being taken on line a: x of Fig. 6, the ba ot-box being shownbroken ofi and having its Atopand bottom brought closely together toeconomize space, a view upon the bottom of the 0X. Fig. 5 is a detailview of the operative mechanism similar to Fig. 4, but with the diskrecorders omitted 'and with the parts shown in the relative positionthey occupy when the voter has depressed the key-bar to register a voteupon the recorder. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig.4f, but with the housing for the recording-disks removed to expose theoperative parts. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but with therecordingdisks, their housing, and the/cover for the operative'partsremoved. Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view of one of therecordingdisks,the shaft upon which they are mounted, one oi theactuating-pawls, and the locking mechanism. Fig. 9 isa detail sectionalview of the end of the shaft upon which the recording-disks are mounted,and the key for operating said shaft to carry the series of disks totheir zero position, as is done when the machine is set up afresh foruse. Fig. 10

is a detaii perspective view, artly in section, oi theregulating-blocks, w 'ch are located -below the rods of keys to preventmore than one key being actuated at a time. l Fig. 11 is a view similarto Fig. 10, but'showing the regulating-blocks in their normal position.Fig.,12 is a perspective view of the sliding bar for moving theregulating-blocks to release the key-rods. Fig. 13 is a view similar toFig. 5, showing the operative parts in the osition they occupy, toreceive a ballot- Folders Fig.l 14 is a rear view of the keybars and ofthe housing for the recordingdisks, showing the shutter raised todisclose the vnumbers oi votes recorded upon each set of disks. Fig.15is a detail plan view of the cam by the rotation of which an oilicer` ofelection releases the parts from the position in which they have beenleft by a voter to allowI them to resume the normal position. Fig. 16 isan inverted plan view of the cam shown in Fig. 15. Fig. 17 is a view ofthe cam, partly in side elevation and partly in section. Fig. 18 is aview similar to Fig. 6, but showing a modiiication. Fig. 19 is asectional view taken upon line y y of Fig. 18,

but with the housing for the recording-disks in position. Fig. 2 0is adetail view of the parts shown in Fig. 19, 'but upon an enlarged scale.A

Referring to the parts, ballot-box A has IOO "C isj'ournsled.

upon its 'ends s series of eyes a, Which are to its ulcum-point, the oposito end of the lereceive headed studs upon standards a', which"support the horizontal rods a2, from which the curtains a3 are hung toforni the booth Within Which the voter stands. @over a4' of theballot-box is centrslly pivoted to the looX A. at points a5, the coverbeing made narrower than the Width ci the box, so thst its front edge ain the normal position' ol the cover, such ss shown in Fig. 5l, standsWithin the front Woll a7 of the box, so that the cover Insy be rotatedupon the pivots a5 lto csri'y the operative ports located upon the'cover within the bsllot-box- The front edge a of the cover has e seriesof recesses a8, (shown in dotted line, lclig. 4.,) Which receive vstudsa, projecting from s ber al, which is 'edspte'd to rest upon the Woll0,7 ofthe box -end has s lock-housing all to receive the loolt of slecita, located within the upper edge of the ivel'l c7. lt is seen thatwhen the bolt engages the lock-housing a thst the cover of thelosllot-hoxy is locked i'irmly thereon.

When it is desired to lieve the operative ports located Within theb`sllothox-ss, for in Sts'nce, after the close of on election-the lock'cl2 is opened, the loa-r am removed, the cover at is rotated around thepivots a5 to the position shown in llig. 3, and the rod al is lpleced'upon the resr 'Well a o1 the hsllot- 'ooX and locked in positionl leythe loch om, siniilsr to theloclr o, located in the rear well cl3 in snisnner sirnilei` to the loch cl2.

The housing for the yoperative 'ports consiste of s lower shell E sindcover E', the shell 'B being secured to the cover ci the bsllothoi:.sind the cover heing screwed to the 'shell l/V e will 'describe iflrstthe mechanism for registering e vote upon one of the record- 'disls hypushing one of set of leys.

Edel* ring to ig. d, upon cover B site secured two crochets l; o,hetweenwliich shaft She-'lit C hes vnounted loosely upon it s nuinloeroi sets of recordingdislrs the number depcupon the number of votingdieysc Wh on the nisohine hss. Esch set oiQ recording-disks consists of threedisks, one the unit, one tli-.e tens, one the hundreds dish, the s`units, tens, huir dreds disks being couple l together in sny ol" theWellllrnown msnnrs csirying the units to the tens sitter the units-diskhns heen cover B ore two journnl-Y l C2 and C3, which support s liorisor"lorsted rod Ct, through Winch. ro `s c sect. A housing c2 is securedupon the cov' E to house the recording-disks. Shaft C hss journslcd uponit lirochets c3, surroun esch `,cries oiz dislis C', to which lever Qpivcted et ver being forked st c5 en strsddling the rod vc. rlhe 'forlic5 has an elongated hole into which projects e pin c, which projects outfrom the rod c. rl`he lower end of the lever c is adopted to engage intoone of s series of regularlyspeced notches c7 upon the unitsdisks. Whenthe rod c is depressed by ressin on the key c, the units-disk is movedi'oiwei" through one step.

We shell now descrihe the mesns whereby but one of therods c insy bedepressed st s singlev operation land whereby the bellotholder depositormay not he actuated st the some time as the lever-recorder, and viceverse.

Located Within the housing formed oy the shell B and cover B ore twohorizontal 'iF-shaped plates D end E, the plete E lying on top of theplete D, vWhose longitudinal erm al slides upon wsys lig ond h3,:torni-ed in blocks B2 and B3, situated upon the bottoni of shell B, asshown in llig. A7'. The transverse srni d oi the plete D hss attached toit s knol) d2, whose shank posses through s sloty in the plete E end eslot in the cover B, ss shown in llig. Ll. vPiste E likewise hss stransverse iingei d3, which is serrated along its edge d4 to engage epsv-Jl d5, which is pivoted upon the loottcni ci the shell 'sind is heldnorms-ily in Contact with the serrated edge d4 hy moons oi2 s spring.

The longitudinal e ci plete slides upon ways lit sind b5 upon hloclrsand B3, hss otrsnsvcrse erin c shove erin d, which carries s linoh c2,the shank of which passes through e tre-nsverse slot in the cover E', ssshown in'llig. Ll, ond nre vheld in their normsl position hy ineens ci'coiled springs di' 'ond e3, es shown in this normal position e series oflongitudinal pciL iorstions cin plete immediately he low the lrey-rods coi the leys c. rlhe serios of similar perlorstions d? in the l lote D inthis normal position stond iii the roer ci the perforstions e4, so thstnone oi tie rods c muy lie depressed. -`vWhen the oste l is drawntorwsrd cy grs ping the knob d2 to the position. shown in Fig. 5, theperforstions d? register with 'the perfo sticn2 o any one ci the rods cins pressure hrougl'it to loes; the plete liis in itsiorw that it islocled ley Ines that it mcy not lie retiM is thrown out et engage l 1 1lio crrsl ed edge d4.' The pswl (i5 j lic disengaged from the serrstedodge di hy the turning of the com ,which is jcurnsled upon s stud i ofthe shell ll.

projecting unirono the liotton The com l? is rotated lxy ineens 'f thecranio crm li and has one of its incesj" to contact the pswl df.

@lily one oi the keys c mcy depressed ci, time. This is accomplished liythe loller;-

@saam ing means: Located upon top of the longitudinal arm e are a seriesof blocks G, which are of an equal length to the distance between thecenters of the perforations e4 in the plate E. Each of the ends g g ofthe blocks Gisl beveled.. The blocksG slide in a longitudinalguide-channel b", formed in the cover B. ln their normal position theends of the blocks stand centrally over and cover the perforations et.They are held in this normal position by means of ilat springs 68 andb", secured to the bottom of the cover B'. Adjacent to the ends oftheseries of blocks G stopblocks 61 and?)11 are fixed to the bottom ofshell B, each at a distance from the ends of the blocks equal toone-half the diameter of the perforations e4, so that when a rod c isdepressed its lower pointed endcB will spread the blocks adjacent toits-ends apart and cause the end blocks of the series to abut againstthe stop-blocks bwand 511. lt is seen, then, that the 4blocks are notcapable of any further longitudinal movement as long as the key remainsdepressed, so that the blocks G will then prevent the depression ofanyother hey ofthe series. v

After the key 'c has been'depressed it re- Ymains depressed until afterthe caml F has been rotated by pulling upon the cam F. This isaccomplished by the following means The spring t8 is made stronger thanvthe spring t", so that the former will cause the beveled edge g of theblock G to engage the serrated 'edge c of the rod c', which has beendepressed. the channel b1 is a horizontal bar g2, upon which are pivoteda series of levers g3, each ot whose short arm g1 stands in the path oia pin C10, which projects from leach ofthe rods c', and whose long armstands normally adjacent to but below a pin g5 near the end gl-of eachor the bars G. lWhen a rod c is depressed, pin c1 contacts the short armg4 and raises the long arm g3, so that its end stands at the same levelas the pin g5 upon the adje-- with the serrated edge`c9 of thedepressed4 har is then carried upward to its normal position by theco1led'sprmg C11. After the rod c has been raised the springs b1* and b9carry the blocks G to their normal position with their ends centrallyover the perforations e4.

Plate D carries a stud'd, which strikes a bell-crank lever h, which ispivoted to the arm of a second bell-crank lever h', whiehin. turn ispivoted to the bottom of the shell B.0

Adjacent to the blocks G withiny One arm of the'bell-crank lever h isslotted to ybe engaged by one arm of the bell-crank lever h, theother'arm of the lever h carrying a hammer h2 of a bell H. When theplate D is drawn forward,` the stud da contacts the arm h, rotates it todraw the hammer h2 away from the bell H, and the stud d8 releasesthelever h ljust as the perforations ci'7 are made to register with theperforaftions el and sounds the bell to indicate that the voter .hasplaced the mechanism in position for one of the keys to be depressed.When the plate D is returning to its normal position, the slot in thearm of the lever it permits the lever h i to move upon its pivot toallow the stud (Z8 to pass. f

rlhe purpose ot causing the pin c, which engages the lever c4 to work inthe slot, is to prevent the lever cAA being actuated until the i Y endof the rod c has been depressed su'Hicientlyto enter the perforation al?in the plate p D, and thus have its serrated edge engaged by one of theblocks G. Vf e will now describe the ballot-holder depositor. i

rlhe,ballot-holder consists of a cylindrical box' K with a removable-cover c to enablev4 .the ballot to be placed inthe box K. The

cover of the ballot-box has a slot (L15, which registers with a slot1112 in the shell B, which y ots d and e5 in the plates D and-E. 'CoverB has -a longitudinal slot 1213, which in the normal position of theplates D and E stand in front of the slots e5 and 612. When the plates Dand E are drawn-forward by pulling upon. the knob e2, slots e5 and 1712are caused to register with the slots 513. A ballot-holder may then bedepositedv inthe rece ta'cle formedby the slots e? and 1912 and will ecarried forward-to be deposited in the n ballot-box through the slot(L15, when the plates D and E are carried forward to'their normalposition 4.upon the actuation of the cam F. f .l

l/Vhen the plate E is in its vforward position,

as shown in Fig. 3, for receivin the ballotholder, the im erforatepartoq the arm e stands below t e rods c', so that `they may not then`bedepressed.

Plate E has a transverse ringer e, similar to finger d3 ot plate D, andhaving an edge4 serrated similarly to edge d", and which in the normalposition ot the plates, such. as

95. 1 slot in the normal positionfof the plate D and 1 E yregisters'with s box, when the ballot-holder E Will drop into the ballot-box.

'lo prevents ballot-holder being removed after a voter has placed it inthe receptacle formed by the slots el? and d, a door t is hinged to thecover ll upon one side'ot the slot 613 therein. Door b has ascrew-threaded linger lili to enter a hole b1 in the cover, as shown inFig. l, to be engaged by alever t, pivoted upon the under side of thecover Plate E carries a pin em, which in the rearward position et theplate contacts `the lever l1 and holds it out o1 the path oi the iingerbbl of the door lim. After roter has placed the ballot-holder in thereceptacle formed by the slots ci and dg he closes the door l, which isthen held closed hy the lover t engaging the linger 615 and holds itclosed until upon the rearward movement of the plate ll the pin @10contacts the lever l2", which then releases the linger lx1, and thespringel upon the door l)l5 raises it, as shown in Fig. e.

lille have provided a means for preventing the oilicer of election fromassistingl the voter in casting more than one vote, which consists of alever S upon 'the bottom ol' the shell l, having one of its endsserrated at s and having its opposite end standing adjacent to the cam Fand being-normally contacted by a downwardly-projecting pin f2 upon theunder side ot the cam l?. rllhis pin in the normal position (such asshown in Fig. 7) holds the lever S in a position such that its serratededge s stands out oi the path ot a stud di", which projects downwardYfrom the under side ot plate D, as shown in Fig. 7. Should the officeret election rotate the cam il in attempt to unlo'olr the plates l) andl, so as to permit a voter to manipulate the same, this rotation carriesthe pinf2 out of contact Withthe lever S, which is then carried by aspring into contact with the stud e, thus locking; the plate againstmotion until the cam has been brought-baclr` to its normal position. Wiehave provided means ylikewise whereby when the cam F has been started torotate it may not be brought back to its normal position until the lullrotation has been givento it, which releases all the pawls to bring allthe parts Aback to their normal posiu tion. This is accomplished bymeans of lever l, which is pivoted upon the bottom of shell B and has ahooked end L", which is held normally out of contact with teeth f3. uponearn lll by means of a stud d, which projects downward -from 'linger d3.As soon as the plate is pulled Aeuvl'ard the stud d is carried out ofcontact with the lever T, and then its spring carries the hooked end tinto contact with the teeth j 3 upon the cam ilus tooth '3, engaging theteeth f3, allows a rota-` 'tion o't the cam l? only in a right-handdined tion, (loolring at Fig. 7 so that when the earn is stm wd to it bereturned ,ses

to its normal position until the plate l? 'upon its return to its normalposition causes the stud d to Contact the lever T and carry the hook outof contact Wits. the teeth f 3. This operation occurs just as the platel) is brought to its normal position. l` he cam ll' being then releasedfrom the hoolr t, the coiled springfl (see llig. l?) returns the Cani toits normal position. (Shown inlligj. 7 .l liever and paivls di' anl Qare held in f' positions by coi Vd springs i to -e spring; which hol lns cani ll in its norimil position, as shown in l?.

ln Fig. is shown an attachment 'for mitting1 the deposit or"smaller'ballot-holders, suchl as might be used by women voters, whowould cast a limited ballot upon certain questions. 'lhis consists in alever ill, piyoted-at m on the bottom ot the shell B and havingl hook mat its end. l late has upon its lower side a stud m2. liever lilnormally stands, as shown in Fig. 27, with the hook m out ot the path ofthe stud m2 upon the bottom ot the plate l), and when it is desired toallow a smallenballot-liolder to be deposited the lever lll isreciprocated so as to bring lthe hook m into the pa th oi the stud m2,and thus to limit the forward movement of the plate D, and therebylimitthe size ot the receptacle termed by the slots e5 and d.

V] hen it is desired to see the number of votes registered upon therecording-disks, that end is attained in the following manner: Housingc2 has a series of perforations l, to register `with the recordingdisks.These peritorations normally are closed by means ot a shutter C5, whichis mounted upon the in- Iner side of housing c2 by means ot slots c12and 613, which engage headed screws c and G15 at each endI ol theshutter and permit a reoiprooation of the same. The shutter isreciprocated by means of a lrey C, which may be inserted through akeyhole c1 in housing c2 (shown in Fig. lll) to engage a .hole eut inthe shutter C5, so that the rotation ot the lrey C 'will raise theshutter and uncover openings @7 to permit of an inspection ol therecordingdisks- All of the record-disks may be locked in position by theturning ot a key. This is aecom lished thus: A snaft llD is liournaledin brac iets p and 2)', secured upon the cover BQ as shownv in llig. 6.Shaft l? carries a series of arms p2, having hooked ends p3, Which standnormally adjacent to each o' the recording-disl s- Shaft l? has likewisea downy/ardly-projeoting arm pj, which is engaged oy a slotted arm p5,which is mounted to slide upona stud upon the hottom of shell l and isengaged by linlr p, as shown in Figs. 7 and liinl; p is pivoted at p7lto the rotatins" shaft if" or loclr lt, mounted upon WThen the shalt ris rotated by lrey, the lint: is tl ro'wn l causes perforations e12 and(11.2 in

hooks p3 to enter the adjacent notches c7 upon each of therecording-disks, and thus locks them securely against further rotation.In order to aord an eXtra precaution against the possibility oftampering with the machine, we have provided an additional lock R for,covering thelock R. Lock R has a leaf r2 to-be projected over the lock Rand to be locked there by a key of a different character from the keywhich unlocks the lock R. It is the intention that the keys to locks Rand R shall be placed in the possessionof different oiiicers ofelection.

In Figs. 18, l19and 2() we have illustrated an automatic means forlocking -the recording-disks at a predetermined time by means of atime-lock. in thisl modification in place of the link p and the arm p4for rotating the shaft'P to carry the hooks pa'into contact' with therecordin '-disks We have substituted alink s, which is pivoted at 9 to alink p10, whicfiis pivoted' at p11 to the hnk p12,

secured to the shaft P', which is journaled in the ends of the housing'c2.- Link 12 is con# tacted by a spring p13, which norma ly presses itdownward. Link p12 has a stud' p14', which stands inthe path of a paWlp15, pivoted upon i the end of housing c2.

Paw] p15 has a' tooth p16, which stands in the path of the hand p17 of aclock P2. The link, 8vcarries` av bolt 18, (shown vin Fig. 19,) whidipasses througg a perforation in the cover B in alinement with when intheir normal-position. When itis desired to place the machine inposition for use, shaft P isv rotated, by means of handle p1,

to-carry bo t p18. up eut'of perforations cl2 and d12 until lth stud p14is engaged by the pawl tion for use.

15 It is seen then that in this'position the ooks 113,' are carried outof Contact 'with the recording-disks and the machine is.' incondithereby causing the` bolt p18I to enter the recording-disks. 5 0

plates- D and E and the hooks p3 to lock thel We Willnow describe themeans whereby the disks may ,bel carried to the zero position when itisdesired to `set themachine up for use.

Shaft C has a longitudinal radial groove` c1, as shown in Fig. 8, andeach of the recording-disks Vcarries a pawl c", which is ressed againstthe/shaft C by means of a lea -spring C18. .It is seen that when thepawl c" enga es the groove c16 the disk is locked to t e' shaft Cagainst an inde endent right-handed rotation, asv shown in 8, so that arotation of the shaft C in aleft-handed' direction would carry therecording-disks with it when the pawl c16 engages the groove c",(looking at Fig. 8.) The left end "of the shaft C plates D and E.

The hand p1 of theclock isset` so that atI a predetermined time it will'strike'` the tooth p1 of the pawl p15; carry the pawl tending into thebore c19 for a part of its way.

`sitionthat the'shaft occupies when the machine is setup foruse-registers with the groove 02.0.y yLocated in bore 01' isakey'cm,having a iinger c fitting the groove 02 and normally held against the'bracket l) by a coiled spring o23, located in the bore '01". The key Qis provided with a shank of the size o f the'ibore c19 and a finger g tofit the radial groove c2". When it is desired-to bring therecording-disks all to the zeroposition, key Q is inserted into the bore61,9 and pressed inof the spring o23. The sha in a right-handdirection.v The awls c1? lo f the various recording-disks Will estanding' at various positions, according to the number which isexhibited at the opening C7 in the housing. When'the groove c1"l intherota tion of the shaft C meets any one ofthe pawls, the pawl dropsinto'the groove, and the furaround with it. The pawls upon each diskbrought to its normal position-viz., the one in which the 'grooye c20 inthe shaft-registers 'with the ,'oove b in the bracket and the of thedisks stands in a position such that it around one full rotation, thespring o23 presses the ke'ygQ outward, so that it may be removed throuhthe groove b the standard. lTo prevent t e ke Q beinggiven a partialthe f normal position, we have provided the shaft C with a pawl b2",which-is pivoted upon shaft C, as shown upon the right-.hand end ofshaft C in Fig. 6.

We will now give an additional 4description of the use to'which the'machine may be put for voting purposes,`

from the storehouse inthe form shown in Fig. 3. The officer of electionsecures the standards e and the rod a2 and lcurtains a? position. Thenhe unlocks the lockattgremoves the rod o, rotates the .cover'of theballot-box about the ivot a5-to bringtlie disks all to their zeroposition. He then rether rotation of the shaft`C carries that disk` 9o'operative` arts into t e position shownin- Fig. 2. -T en -he-places thebar a upon the' has a central bore 019 and a radial slot c2 eX- Bracketb has also agroove b1, which in the normal position ofthe shaft C-viz.,the po` ward past the bracket b agaiist tllie-pressur t ist en rotate yare so placed that when'the shaft C has been i pawl stan s in the groovecui-the periphery presents the, zero-mark yat the opening C7. When thekey Q "has carried the shaftI C rotationand then leingturnedbackward toQthe bracket b to engage teethc,7 yupon the'v IIO `Supposing that the-device has beentaken'` He thenraises the shutmoves the key Q, sets theshutter C5 back to the position covering the openings C7 and thekey-openin for the key Q. The machine is now in conition for voting. VNow, supposingthatv each of the keys c stands for a straight partyvote-that is, that its depression registers one vote for each namecontained upon the ballot of some one political party. A voter, then,who wishes to vote a straight ticket irst ulls forward the plate D bypulling forwardp on the knob d2, which brings the perforations d intoalinement with the perforations e4. The voter then presses down the keywhichst-ands for the party for which he desires to register :his vote.The depression of the key throws the unit-disk of' the recorder throuhone step. When the knob d2 has been pulled topa position such as torender the depression of the key c possible,v the bell His by the studd8, contacting the lever of the bell. Then the voter leaves the booth,and the ofiicer of election rotates the crank F by pulling upon the ropeattached thereto, This causes the cam F to throw the lever dout otcontact with the serrated edge ol the finger d5', and the coiled springd then carries the plate D back to its normal posi-y tion. The meanswhereby the voter is prevented from depressing more than one-keyviz.,regulating-blocks G, 'situated below each ot the key-bars-has beendescribed heretofore, so that additional description is thought to beunnecessary here; but it is seen that should a voter attempt to hold theplatey Dback when the officer of election has operated the cam F toallow the key-bare to resurne its normal position to again depress thebar' is rendered impossible by reason of the spring t, carryingv theblock G, which is located upon the right ot the key-bar c clear over thepertorati'ons et, so that a further depression of the key-bar c is notpossible. 'lllie parts hold this abnormal position-viz., with the bar Gthrown clear across the periorations'eX--until the cam F has resumed itsnormal positiom thereby causing the lever g to resume its normalposition and to carry the bar g2 back to its normal position, therebyreleasing the bar G upon the lettv ofthe key-bar, which has just beendepressed, trom contact with the lever g3, which' is pivoted nupon theber g2 adjacent to said key-bar.-

Atter the bar g2 has resumed its normal position the stronger spring,1t8 carries the blocks. back to their normal position with their' end-scentrally over the periorations et, the movement ot the spring t beinglimited by means ci a pin 61, located upon the bottom ofthe shell B, asseen upon the lett-hand side billig. 7,

Should the voter who. desired to vote a.

lstra-ight ticket have tailed to depress the vhey-bar a sufficientamount to register his lever g3' and th'e lever gtwouldi not have beenturned up so asto. contact the pin g5. Therefore when the officer ofelection rotatedv the cam F the bar G, upon the left oi' the keybar,would not have been thrown out of contact with the key-bar, so that itwould remain depressed.A As long'as it remained depressed the plate Dcould not resume its normal position, because it would be held with itsdepression C17 registering with the pertorations e4. As long as theplate D remains out of its normal position the stud d does not contactwith the ratchet-lever T, which wouldtheret'ore hold the cam F in anabnormal'positiomso that before the otlicer oi election could get thecam F back into a normal position it would be necessary Jfor him torequire the voter to return and iully depress the lever which he hadleft partially depressed, so that a voter could .not thus lose his voteby a partial depression of the .keybar. `Suppose that thenext voter wasone, Yfor instance, who did not desire to vote by the recording ot'hisvot-e on a disk, as he would in case he did not desire to vote astraight ticket, but that he desired to cast a ballot. T he ballot thenmarkedlin the manner he might desi-re would' be placed in aballot-holder, then the voter by grasping the end e2 and drawing itforward would cause slots e5 and i112 in the plates D and E to registerwith the slots b in the cover B. lele would then place his ballot-holdercontaining his ballot in the receptacle formed by said vslots es and 5mand would close the cover in,

which could not then be opened again until the mechanism has resumed itsnormal position. The cover bm would then be automatically opened by thep in el striking the lever i917. lust as the parts resume their normalposition it is seen that the receptacle containing the ballot-holder hasregistered with the slot als in the cover of the ballot-box, and theballot-holder has therefore beendeposited into the ballot-box. l/Vlenthe knob e2 has been drawn to its forward position to cause the slots e5and t to register with the slot i513 in the cover, the stud d8 hasoperated the hammer of the bell to indicate this tact.

t is seen that a voter cannot cast a ballot and at the same time operatethe keybar, for when the arts are in a posi-tion to receive a ballot-hoder, as shown in Fig. 13, the periorations e4 in the plate E stand iniront ot the key-bars c', so that the imperiorate part of the plate ldst ands below the keybars and prevents their depression. Should a voterattempt, with the connivance ot the ofiicer'oi' electionlwho iscontrollingtlle operation oi the cam ll, to manipulate the knob so as todraw the plate back aiter the ballot has been deposited, so as todeposit a second ballot, it is seen that this-is prevented vote, one pinel would not iully contact the i by the lever S, which contacts the studd10 lOT TIO

and locks the plates D and E against backl the straight votes and oflthe votes cast by ward movement as long as the cam F is held out of itsnormal position by the oflicer;

Should the election'be one in which questions arise upon which thereare-voters who are restricted by law to a limited franchise, a specialballo'-holder of smaller size than the regular bal ot-holder isprovided, as has heretofore been described, for holding the ballots ofvotersvso limited. When such a` voter enters the boot-h, the officer ofelection throws the lever M. so that it stands in the path of the studm? upon the plate D and limits the forward movement of the plat es D andE, sothat only a limited slot is presented in the opening b1? to receivethe reduced ballot.- holder. f

It is seen that the lever'd5 locks the plat-es D and E in this forwardmovement until released by .the cam F, Iwhen the rearward movement 4ofthe plates D and E thus released will deposit the limited ballot-holdersin the same manner as heretofore described. Should a regular ticket beplaced within the holder for the limited ballot ,this fact would at oncebe apparent to the officer of election as soon as the-ballot-holder wasopened, and the ballot could then be thrown out.

After the polls are closed one ofiicerof election opens the lock R" bythe key in his possession. This exposes the lock R, and f-anotherofficer of election, who has the key for that lock in his possession,rotates the ylock It to throw the lever p, which actuates the hookedarms p3 and carries them into engagement with each recording-disk andlocks it securely xin place. The throwing` of the lock R likewiseactuates a bolt r3, whichyen-y ters a slot in the side` of plates D andE, as shown in dottedline, Fig. 7, andv looks the parts against furthermovement. After the lock R has been actuated to lock the plates and therecording-disks in position the lock R is again brought into position tocover the lock R and locked. The oicer of election then exposes therecording-disks at the opening C7 by. moving the shutter C5 by means of/the key C?. rl`he clerks of election then take off the total vote shownas castuponeach set of the recording-disks, after which the shutter isagain locked in position. Then the ballot-box is opened by removing therod a from the wall a, and the ballot-holders are removed and,theballots counted. rihe ballots having been counted, each ballot is putlback into theballot-holder K or in case of a limited ballot .fback intothe limited-ballot holder, and all of the ballot-holders are then placedback again in the ballot-box. The

cover of the ballot-box is then rotated about its l.pivot c5 to theposition shown in Fig. 3,'

,and the bar a6 is placed in position, as shown in Fig. 4, and locked bymeans of the lock am. t is seen then that the record both of Itis one ofourcbjects to have this votingmachine useful for voting purposesatprimary elections, in which cases the lever-recorders would not beused; but the ballot-de-`- positors would be used in the manner beforedescribed, the ballot-holders then being used to receive the ballotcontaining thenames of theparty 'candidates'for whom the voter wishes4to .vote

While we have described our invention in its use for iegis'tering votes,we do not-wish to .be limited tov voting-machines, as may be used forother registration.

What we claim is 1.l In a voting-machine the vcombination of a series ofrecording-disks, a series of keybars, means-for coupling therecording-disks and the key-bars, automatic means for locking a key-barina position to which the voter pushes it to register a vote, a meanswhereby an ofiicer of election may release the key-bar,

a ballot-holder depositor, means for bringing the depositor intoposition to receive' the ballot-holder, and a means actuated by theballot-holder depositor to lock the key-bars against motionwhen theballot-holder depositor is brought into positionto receive aballot-holder.

2. ,In a voting-machine thecombinatio'n of y a series oflrecording-disks, a seriesof keybars, means for coupling the key-bars,andre-l cord ing-disks, two sliing reciprocating plates located beneaththe, key-bars, both plates having a row of perforations to pass thekeybars, means for holding' the perforations in thelplates whenin theirnormal position out ofregister with each other, means for bringing oneof said plates into a hpositi'onlwith,its

perforations vregistering with that.` .of i they other plate to pass thekey-bars, the plates havin slots formin'ga receptacle for theballot-hoder situated so that when the slots register with each otherthe-perforations in the .plates vare out of register with each other,and means for brin ing the plates to a position to receive a halot-holder in their registerin slots.

3.v n a voting-machine the combination of va series ofrecording-disks, aseries of keybars, `means for couplingy the key-bars andrecording-disks, two Sliding reciprocating plates located beneath thekey-bars, both plates having a row of perforations to pass the key-bars,means for holding the perforations in the plates when in their normalposition out of register with each other, means for bringing one of saidplates into a position l the other plate to pass the key-bars, theplates having slots forming a receptacle for a ballot-holder situated sothat when the slots register with each other the perorations in theplates are out of register with each other,

lingers projecting from each oi the plates having serrated edges inalinement With each other, a pai/vl Yfor engaging the serrated edges oiboth plates for holding either or both of the plates in any of theirpositions, and a cam to be operated by the o'liicer ot election torreleasing the pavvl irom the fingers.

lin a voting-machine the combination 'of a series oi recording-disks, aseries oi keybars, means for coupling the key-bars and recordin -disks,.tWo sliding reciprocating plates locate beneath the key-bars, bothplates having a roW of perforations to pass the keybars, means forholding the periorations in the plates when in their normal position outof register With each other, means for bringing one oi said plates intoa position with its per- `lorations registering With'thatof the otherplate to pass the key-bars, the plates having slots forming a receptacle`for the ballotholder situated so that when the slots register When theplates resume their normal position.

5. ln a voting-machine the combination of a series of recording-disks, aseries ofkeybars., means for coupling the recording-disks and thekey-bars, automatic means for looking a key-bar in a position to whichthe voter pushes it to register a vote, a ballot-holder de.- positor,means for bringing the depositor into lposition to receive theballot-holder, a means actuated by the ballot-holder depositor-to lock-the-key-bars against'motion When the ballot-holder depositor is broughtto receive ii the ballot-holder, means for bringing the depositorto itsnormalposition, anda means to be actuated by the oiiloer to allowyeither the key-bars or the ballot-holder depositors to be brought totheir normal position.

6. ln a voting-machine the combination of a slide,l means forregistering a vote when the slide is drawn from its normal position, anautomaticlook to hold the slide When drawn `from its normal position, areleasing mechanism to be actuated by an oHicer for unlocking theautomatic lock for engaging the releasing mechanism to prevent itsreturn when drawn from its normal position, and a means carried by theslidefor releasing the second automatic .lock when the slide reaches itsnormal position.

7. ln a voting-machine the combination of a series of recording-disks, aseries of keybars, means for coupling the key-bars to therecording-disks, a sliding plate With perforations, means for moving thesliding plate to cause the peritorations to stand in alinement with thekey-bars, and means actuated by the depression oi' a key-bar lorcovering the remaining periorations While said key-bar remainsdepressed.

8. ln a voting-machine the combination of a series oi recording-disks, aseries of keybars, means 'for coupling the key-bars to therecording-disks, a sliding plate With perforations, means for moving thesliding plate, to cause the perforations to stand in alinement With thekey-bars, a series oi blocks beneath the key-bars With their endsstanding normally centrally beneath the key-bars and adapted to beparted beneath one key-bar by the de ression thereof, stops located atthe ends otlthe series of blocks to limit their movement so as .toallovsr the passage oi but one key-bar at a time between them, anautomatic means for locking the plate in the position With-theperforations in alinement with the key-bars, and a means to vbe actuatedby the Aoliicer of election for returning .the plate to its normalposition'and forreturning the keybars and the regulating-blocks to theirnormal-positions.

9. ln a voting-machine the combination oi a series of recording-disks, aseries or keybars, means for coupling the key-bars and recording-disks,two shding reciprocating plates located beneath the key-bars, bothplates having a roW of erforations to ass the key-bars, means forholding thepe orations in the plates When in their normal position outof register with each other, means for bringing one of said plates intoposition with its pertorations registering With that of the other plateto pass the key-bars, the plates having slots forming a receptacle for aballotholder situated so that When the slots register With-each otherthe perforations inthe plates are out of register with each other, ngersprojecting from each of the plates having serrated edges in alinementwith each other, a paWl for engaging the serrated edges of both platesfor holding either or both oi the plates in any of their positions, alever having teeth at one end and contacting the cam at its other end sothat in its normal position. the cam holds the teeth out of engagementwith the platesl and a spring for carrying the lever into engagementwith the plates when the cam is moved from its normal position, to lockthe plates against movement until the cani has been brought again to itsnormalposition.

l0. in a voting-machine the combination Aof a ballot-box having arotating cover, operative mechanism for registering votes' secured toone side of the cover, means carried IOC by the cover for depositingballots within the box, means for locking the cover with the operativemechanism upon the outside of the ballot-box for the use of voters, orfor locking the cover with the operative mechanism i upon the interiorof the box for the preservation ofI the record both of the registeredvotes and of the ballots deposited.

11. In a voting-machine the combination IO of the ballot-box having oneof its edges adapted to be swung down within the ballotbox to permit therotation of the cover through one hundred' and eighty degrees thereof, areversible locking-bar adapted to engage the edge of the cover eitherfront or rear to lock it, a means of `depositing ballots carried by thecover and the vote-recording mechanism mounted upon the cover and daptedto be swung down within the ballot- 12. In a voting-machine thecombination of a shaft having a series of recording-disks mountedrevolubly thereon, a series of keybars, means of `coupling the key-barsto the recording-disks, means to be actuated by the voter to permit thedepression of one of the key-bars at a time tok rotate the correspondingdisk to register a vote, automatic means for locking the key-bar whendepressed, a means actuated by the oflicer of election to release thekey-bar, lookin -levers adapted to engage the revolving dislrs, and ameans for throwing the locking-levers into engagement with the disks tolock them on their shafts. v Y

13. In a voting-machine the combination of a shaft having a series ofrecording-disks mounted revolubly thereon, a series of keybars, meansVfor coupling the key-bars to the voter to permit the depression of oneof the key-bars at a time to rotate the corresponding disk to register avote, automaticmeans lfor locking the key-bar when depressed, a meansactuated by the oiiicer of electionto release the key-bar, a secondrevoluble 'shaft with perforations registering with that of therecording-disks, means to be actuated by thel 14. In avoting-machine thecombination y-bars, bothof a ballot-box, the cover pivoted to the toprear thereof, the plates each having a longi- 4of a series ofrecording-disks, a series of keybars, means for coupling the key-barsand the recording-disks,v two 'sliding plates locatedl beneath thekey-bars, the upper of said plates having a series of erforationsstanding normally beneath the ley-bars, the lower of said plates havinga series of perforations standing normally in transverse alinement withthe aforesaidperforations, but in the 8s tudinal slot which in thenormal position of the plates register with each other, a housinginclosing the plates, and having a longitudinal slot standing normallyout of register with the longitudinal slots in the plates, a 9oballot-holder upon the cover of which thei. housing is located andhaving a ballot-holder slot in its cover normally registering with theslots in the plates when in their normal position, regulating-blockslocated upon the upper of said plates and ystanding normally centrallyover the perforations in said upper plate, stops located at the ends ofthere ulating-blocks to pass one of the key-bars etween them, a slidinglongitudinalbar adjacent to the regulating-blocks, a series of leverscarried by the slidin baradapted to engage the regulating-bloc s whendepressed, a pin carried by each keybar to cause the lever on thesliding bar to engage the adjacent block when the lever is depressed, a.means for causing the edge of the block to engage a key-bar whendepressed, a pivotbar, a lever engaging the sliding bar, a leverengaging the sliding plates to lock them when drawn forward, and a camto be actuated by the oilicer of election to engage the two levers andbring the parts to their normal position. 1

16. In a voting-machine the combination of a ballot-box, a cover havingstuds atits sides journaled in the box, the cover lcarryi votingmechanism' and being of a width such that in the operative osition ofthe votingmachine the front e ge stands within the` front edge of thebox, a bar to rest upon the front edge of the box when thevoting-machine is in its o erative position and adapted to engage the,ont edge of the cover and to rest upon the rear edge of the box when theoperative mechanism is within the ballot-box and 5to engage the edge ofthe cover, a lockhousin carried'by the bar and catches for the loclocated upon the front and rear of swung to carry the operativemechanism to the exterior or to the interior of the box, and loelloc-lied in either position.

17. ln a voting-machine the combination of a series of recording-disks,a series of keyloars, means for coupling the key-bars and therecording-disks, two sliding plates lo-4 `'oated 1oer-ie'ath thekey-bars, the upper of said plates having a series of perforationsstanding normally beneath the key-bars, the lower et said plates havinga series of perforations standing normally in transverse alinement withthe aforesaid perforations but in the rear thereof, the plates eachhaving a longitudinal yslot which in the normal position of the platesregister Vwith each other, a housing inolosing the plates, and having alongitudinal slot standing normally out of register with thelongitudinal slot in the plates, a ballotoox upon the cover of which thehousing is located and having a ballot-holder slot in its cover normallyregistering with the slots in the plates when in their normal position,regulating-blocks located upon the upper of sai-d plates and standingnormally centrally over the perforations in said upper plate, l

stops located at the ends of the regulatingblocks to pass one of thekey-bars between them, a sliding longitudinal bar adjacent to theregulating-blocks', a series oi levers carried by the sliding baradapted to engage the regulating-blocks when depressed, a pin car- 'fiedhy each key-bar to cause the lever on the sliding bar to engage theadjacent block when the lever is depressed, a means 'for causing theedge of the block to engage a key-bar when depressed, a pivot-bar, alever engaging the sliding plates to lock them when drawn forward, a camto loe actuated by the officer of election to engage the two levers andbring the parts to, their normal position, teeth upon the cam, a leverhaving a hooked end to engage the teeth upon the cam, and a block uponthe lower of the sliding plates to engage the end of the hooked lever tohold its hook out of engagement with the cam when the plate is in itsnormal position.

NAPLEON B. ROSS. THEODORE HORSTMAN. 'lttest:l

ADELAIDE AMENT, WALTER l?. MURRAY.

